The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office reports one of its deputies shot and killed a man following a car chase in Bagley Thursday.

The developer of a controversial proposed data center in the northeastern Minnesota city of Hermantown has paused the project to gather more community input.

Gov. Tim Walz Thursday told an audience in Texas he won’t relent on his campaign for new gun laws even if it costs him politically next year. The second-term DFL governor spoke at the Texas Tribune Festival. His push for a special session has stalled, but the issue could be on the agenda for the Legislature next year.

Walz and a delegation of business leaders are bound for Germany and Switzerland this weekend as part of a trade mission.

A long stretch of I-494 in Bloomington will be closed this weekend. The westbound lanes will be closed between Highway 77 and Highway 100. Eastbound drivers will experience closures between I-35W and Highway 77.

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Clearwater County Sheriff's deputy shoots and kills man following police chase

Developer of controversial Hermantown data center plans public meeting, weighs changes